Rabbi Reading

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

Artist, American, born Russia (now Poland), 1881 - 1961

The image shows a person seated with their hands near their chest, depicted in a stylized and abstract manner. The figure has an elongated face with simplified facial features and a prominent beard. They are wearing a wide-brimmed hat. The design includes bold outlines and soft watercolor hues, mainly in blacks with touches of red and blue. The background consists of abstract patterns and colors. The composition is framed within a darker border.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored woodcut on wove paper mounted to paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.8 × 4.92 cm (4 1/4 × 1 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 11.43 × 5.4 cm (4 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)
    mount: 12.38 × 10.48 cm (4 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arnold Newman; (Christie's, New York, February 9, 2007, sale 1800, lot 44); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2007; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1956

  • Weber, Max. Woodcuts and Linoleum Blocks. New York: E. Weyhe, 1956.

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, pp. 38, 152-154, fig. 6, no. 15.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Best wishes to / my friend Arnold Newman; lower right in graphite: Max Weber

Wikidata ID

Q77015786

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